Christopher Nolan is known for his realistic depictions and minimal use of CGI. All of his movies have established a standard of realistic filmmaking due to his level of detail and dedication to realistic depictions. Minimizing reliance on technology, Nolan is a filmmaker unlike any other.
With his latest Oppenheimer set to hit the screens soon, an astonishing detail regarding the movie has been revealed. Taking his dedication even ahead, the master filmmaker used real explosives for MOAB for Oppenheimer to maintain his commitment to practicality.
Christopher Nolan Used Real MOAB For Oppenheimer
Unlike any other filmmaker, Christopher Nolan has always pursued filmmaking in unconventional ways. The result of his nonlinear approach has resulted in several cinematic masterpieces, that leave the audiences wonderstruck. When news broke that Nolan would be making a movie about the father of atomic bombs, fans took to social media speculating how Nolan would be using real bombs due to his deviant ways. Shockingly, Christopher Nolan went ahead and used real explosives for recreating the deadly power and devastation of Mother Of All Bombs.
“I think recreating the Trinity test without the use of computer graphics was a huge challenge to take on. Andrew Jackson — my visual effects supervisor, I got him on board early on — was looking at how we could do a lot of the visual elements of the film practically, from representing quantum dynamics and quantum physics to the Trinity test itself, to recreating, with my team, Los Alamos up on a mesa in New Mexico.”
And this is how social media hilariously reacted to Nolan’s revelation,
— Wander (@_PiggyPie) May 23, 2023
The way the internet reacted, we can certainly make up that this movie is going to be the most anticipated of all of Christopher Nolan’s.
Oppenheimer Is Christopher Nolan’s Most Challenging Movie Ever
Christopher Nolan’s Next Oppenheimer is a biographical movie about J Robert Oppenheimer, a nuclear physicist credited with developing the first nuclear bombs for the government of the USA. Due to its historical storyline and logistical challenges, Nolan describes the movie as the most challenging project he has ever undertaken.
“It’s one of the most challenging projects I’ve ever taken on in terms of the scale of it, and in terms of encountering the breadth of Oppenheimer’s story. There were big, logistical challenges, big practical challenges. But I had an extraordinary crew, and they really stepped up. It will be a while before we’re finished. But certainly, as I watch the results come in, and as I’m putting the film together, I’m thrilled with what my team has been able to achieve.”
Oppenheimer is deemed to be a cinematic experience thanks to Nolan’s eccentric ways, however, it is tough to say whether the movie would be historically accurate or not. But fans sure hope that Nolan chooses to remain as true to history as he does to realistic filmmaking.
Oppenheimer will be in theatres on July 21, 2023.
Source: Total Film Magazine
